ALMA Captures Explosive Star Birth
Composite image of the OMC-1 cloud in Orion showing the sometimes explosive nature of star birth, when several young stars were ejected from the region. The colors in the ALMA data represent the relative Doppler shifting of the millimeter-wavelength light emitted by carbon monoxide gas. The ALMA image is combined with a near infrared image from the Gemini South telescope showing shock waves produced by the explosion.
Credit: (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
| Technical Details | |
|---|---|
| Telescope | ALMA; Gemini South 8-meter; Gemini South 8-meter |
| Band | ALMA 6; H2; Fe II |
| Date | 2014-07-16T12:38:48.335999; -; - |
| Center | RA: 5:35:14.11, Dec: -5:22:22.73 |
| Field of View | 2.8 x 2.5 arcminutes |
